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UNITED STATES EDWARD A. SKIDMOR-E, OF UNIONVILLE, NEW YORK.

BOAT.

- Application filed August 21, 1925. Serial No. 51,636.

" ToaZZ whom it may cancer-12 Be it known that I, EDWARD A. Sunmronn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Unionville, in thecounty .of Oraugeand State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boats, of which the.

following is a specification.

I This invention relates to improvements in boats, the vgeneral object being to provide a boat for use by duck and water fowl hunters and which may be readily and easily lowered to an approximate water level whereby a low position and less conspicuous object is thus presented to the water fowl,

Another obJect of my invention is the provision of a boat adapted forthe admission of water from the bottom thereof and a pump included therein for the removal of the water when so desired and a removable deck with a cock pit arranged therein and free from the water contained in the hull of the boat whereby the boat may be lowered an appreciable distance within the body of water and the hunter thus seated orrecliir ing in the cock pit may be kept dry and less discernible owing to the low position of the boat proper when filled with a sufficient quantity of water in the hull.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to

be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in'the accompanying drawings and,

pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved boat. I

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof. Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 'of Figure 1.

Figure 45is a similar view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken through a portion of the hull and deck.

Figure 6 1s a fragmentary sectional view taken through a modlfied form of my inventlon.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary section similar ing arranged upon the inner sides of the hull and adjacent the upper sides thereof, the purpose of which will be presently ap' parent; i w a Arranged for contacting relation with a gasket or packing 18 arranged upon the up-i per sides of the supporting strips ,12 and adapted for support upon the supporting strips 12 is a deck 11 including an elongated cock pit 15 arranged centrally thereof and having a waterproof inner lining '16 arranged therein. The cock pit 15, as clearly illustrated in Figure 3J'of the drawing, is

held secure and against accidental displace ment with respect to the deck 141 through the instrumentalityof strips :17. i a

.ct will thus be noted from the foregoing description and accompanying drawings that ample and sufficient space is thus provided within the hull 10 ofthe boat and around the outer sides'of the cock pit 15 ex tending therein to permit the holding of a predetermined capacity of water, for the lowering of the boat in order that a duck hunter seated within the cock pit 15 maybe lowered with the boat" and consequently be lessconspicuous and discernible by the water fowl stalked. I provide an inlet valve 18 within the bottom of thehull 10' while a pump 19 is also arranged upon and within the bottom of the hull 10; both of which extend through an elongated opening 20 provided in the deck 14 immediately in advance of the cock pit 15 and within convenlent reach of the hunter seated within the cock 7 pit, whereby the hull 10 may be readily and easily filled or pumped out owing to the relative arrangement of the valve 18 and pump 19. The cock pit 15 as clearly illustrated in FiguresQ and 3 of the drawings, extendmg upwardly an appreciable distance above the upper surface of the deck 14, and I referring especially to Figure 2 of the drawing, it is to be noted that when the hull 10 of the boat is filled to such a capacity or quantity of water, as to lower the same to the position shown to the approximate level of the deck 14, that any splashing occurring in the water will break against the upper side of the cock pit 15 and prevent its entrance therein whereby the hunter may not be annoyed nor disturbed or 111 any way 111- convenienced by water entering the cock pit 15. V

In Figures 6 and 7 of the drawmgs I have illustrated a modified form of my invention, in the construction of metallic boats and which contemplates the provision of a metal hull 10 having plates 11 extending inwardly an appreciable distance from the inner sides of the hull 10 and adjacent the upper edges thereof while angle bars 12 being secured to their under sides and the corresponding inner sides of the hull 10 for securing and positioning the plates 11 thereto. A deck 13 also formed of metal is then arranged within the hull 10' and having an elongated cock pit 14 formed integral therewith and extending an appreciable distance above the upper surface of the deck 13', and being corresponding in configuration with the height of the cock pit 15 in the preferred form of my invention, while bolts 16 extend through the deck 13 and plates 11 and have sleeves 17 the respective ends of said bolts engaging the inner and outer sides of the plates 11 and deck 13' while a relatively thin spacing strip 18 being inserted between and within the space thus defined for insuring spaced relation in the forming of a ballast chamber 19. As the source of rectangular openings 20f are formed integral with the deck 13' and plates 11 and the upper end of an operating rod 21 of an inlet valve, not shown, and the pump 22, being similar in construction and arrange ment as described and illustrated in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive extending therethrough.

It will thus be noted from the foregoing description and accompanying drawings, relevant to the second form of my invention that owing to the weight of the metallic hull 10, the deck 13, the cock pit 14, plates 11 etc., that the said boat would readily and easily sink if by chance some waves would break against the outer sides of the cock pit 14: and splash therein whereby the boat would immediately sink to the bottom, but owing to the provision and formation of the air chamber 19 it is to be noted that a proper ballast chamber is thus provided which will prevent the said boat from sinking but permit a part submersion of the entire boat whereby entire loss of the said heat will be prevented.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described my invention what is claimed is A boat of the character described comprising a hull, a deck for the hull having a cock pit and elongated opening provided therein and including auxiliary plates extending in spaced parallel relation beneath the deck and having their outer marginal edges sccured to the inner sides of the hull, and a spacing strip extending between the deck and plates for insuring the spaced relation therebetween in defining and insuring the spaced relation and in defining a ballast chamber thereb-etween, and an inlet valve and pump positioned within the bottom of the hull and extending through the elongated opening within convenient reach of the boats occupant.

EDWARD A. SKIDMORE. 

